Consensus of 6 reviews (5 scored) from 4 independent publishers. PC-Welt and Tech Advisor (both Foundry); TechRadar and Android Central (both Future plc) count as one voice. How this is calculated.
consensus 77
SmartWorld83
PC-Welt77
Trusted Reviews76
Tech Advisor76
TechRadar74
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Each dot is one review, adjusted for how that publication usually scores; the line is our consensus. The closer the dots sit to the line, the more the reviewers agree.
Where the reviewers agree
Performance is fast, powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip. — TechRadar, Tech Advisor, SmartWorld, PC-Welt, Trusted Reviews
The OLED display is bright and vivid, with micro-curved edges. — TechRadar, Tech Advisor, PC-Welt, Trusted Reviews
The 200MP main camera and dedicated 3x telephoto produce strong results. — Android Central, Tech Advisor, SmartWorld, PC-Welt
The ultrawide camera is weak. — Android Central, Tech Advisor, PC-Welt
Where they disagree
Camera praise differs: Android Central calls it the best mid-range camera phone, while Trusted Reviews finds it good only in ideal conditions, with soft low-light shots. — Android Central, Trusted Reviews
Design views differ: TechRadar calls the phone heavy and drab at 205g, while Trusted Reviews praises its sleek, grown-up design. — TechRadar, Trusted Reviews
Software reception is mixed: TechRadar and PC-Welt find MagicOS busy or cluttered, while Tech Advisor and Trusted Reviews say it may not suit everyone or may divide Android purists. — TechRadar, PC-Welt, Tech Advisor, Trusted Reviews
Bottom line: Suits buyers wanting a high-end-feeling phone with strong cameras, screen, battery and fast charging, at a mid-range or upper mid-range price. Trade-offs are a plastic frame, a weak ultrawide camera, and MagicOS, which some find busy.
Summarised with AI from the 6 reviews below — each one is linked in full.
Photos belong to the publications credited; each links to the full review.
Key specs
Released
May 2025
Launch price (UK)
£700
Launch price (Europe)
€799
Form factor
Standard
OS
Android
Display
6.7″
Main camera
200 MP
Telephoto lens
Yes
Battery
5,300 mAh
Wired charging
100 W
Chipset
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Base storage
256 GB
Weight
205 g
Water resistance
IP68
Software updates
6 years
Sold in
UK, Europe · not in US
What the reviewers said
PC-Welt DE
4/5Jun 13, 2025
A solid upper-midrange phone with flagship-like performance, strong battery life and good cameras at a fair price, held back mainly by its plastic frame and weak ultrawide camera.
Fast Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 performance with smooth gaming
Long battery life and fast wired and wireless charging
Bright display with flat-center micro-curved design
Dedicated 3x telephoto noticeably sharper than the standard model
A solid upper mid-range phone with strong cameras, screen, battery and performance. Plastic frame, MagicOS and a weak ultrawide are the main drawbacks.
Fast performance from Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Strong 200MP main and dedicated 3x telephoto
Excellent Harcourt portrait effects
Long battery life and fast wired and wireless charging
A complete premium-feeling phone with excellent cameras and fast charging, whose AI image-to-video feature is fun but will soon cost money. Strong value at launch promo pricing.
Excellent camera system, especially portraits and zoom
Very fast charging
Complete high-end hardware with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
IP68 and IP69 water and dust resistance
Six years of OS and security updates
Non-expandable storage
Curved screen may not suit everyone
Few software novelties
Image-to-video feature will become paid after two months
A capable mid-range phone with a sleek, grown-up design, fast performance, excellent efficiency and a gorgeous screen. Camera is good in ideal conditions but AI features can look synthetic and…
Sleek, grown-up design
Wonderfully efficient battery life
Gorgeous, vivid OLED screen
Responsive performance for everyday use and gaming
IP68 and IP69 dust and water resistance
AI camera features can make images look synthetic
Low light photography can be soft and blurry
MagicOS 9 may be divisive for Android purists
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 lags Elite chip in multi-core tasks
Verdicts, pros and cons are short summaries in our words of each publisher's review; scores are as the publisher gave them. Specs are taken from the reviews' spec boxes — where they differ, we show the value most of them give; price is the US launch price of the base model. Read the originals for the full picture.
